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The wildfires burning in and around Los Angeles have destroyed vast swathes of land and impacted countless lives. As of Thursday morning, at least five people are dead, tens of thousands of acres including thousands of homes have been razed, and Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Joe Biden have declared, respectively, a state of emergency and major disaster. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: How to Help Victims of the Los Angeles Wildfires The first and largest of multiple fires raging in the region is the Palisades fire, which broke out Tuesday due to a confluence of factors including strong winds and has devastated the celebrity-filled community of Pacific Palisades.

Whenever westerns surge in popularity, as they have on TV since Yellowstone became a surprise megahit in 2018, you can be certain our collective understanding of American identity is in flux. After decades of morally simplistic cowboys-and-Indians movies that reinforced the intrepid self-image of a rising world power, revisionist westerns proliferated during the Vietnam War, critiquing the violence of white imperialism.

Jean Smart has a message for TV networks planning to air Hollywood award shows following the Los Angeles fires. Late Wednesday night, Smart took to Instagram to urge TV networks to “seriously consider” not airing any award shows during “Hollywood’s season of celebration,” and instead donate the revenue to first responders and L.

The New York City premiere of Cameron Diaz’s comeback movie, “Back in Action,” on Thursday night has been canceled amid the Los Angeles fires. “Due to the tragic fires we will be canceling our ‘Back in Action’ New York City premiere. We recognize many in our industry and their loved ones are currently affected and […]

Billy Crystal and his wife Janice have lost their home of more than four decades to the Pacific Palisades fire. In a statement shared with CNN, Crystal confirmed their house burned down as a result of the now 15,000-acre fire raging in West L. A. “Words cannot describe the enormity of the devastation we are witnessing […]

Adrien Brody cried for the victims of the L. A. fires while accepting the best actor prize at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards Wednesday night at Tao Downtown in New York City. “My heart goes out to all the families and the animals and our colleagues,” Brody said, who took home the award for […]